- Awesome, Dear Boy: Gary Cooper signed on without reading the script in order to work with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck.
- Focus Group Ending: Frank Capra filmed and road-tested four endings to the film, including one in which Norton has a Heel–Face Turn and one, arguably the dramatically necessary one, where John follows through and jumps off the roof. After receiving a letter from a test viewer saying that the John Does themselves should save John, Capra filmed and released that. In his autobiography he continued to express dissatisfaction with the ending.
- What Could Have Been:
- Ronald Colman and James Stewart were considered for John Doe.
- Frank Capra wanted Ann Sheridan for the role of Ann Mitchell, but Warner Bros. wouldn't release her. Jean Arthur and Olivia de Havilland were also considered.
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